Building Pathways Together: Criminal Justice Reintegration Through Employment Strategy 2025-2027 has been developed by the Department of Justice, in conjunction with the Irish Prison Service and the Probation Service, and in consultation with key stakeholders including Government Departments, agencies, and those with lived experience of the criminal justice system and have faced barriers to reintegration.
 
The strategy seeks to provide effective interventions to ensure that those who have ceased offending, and those who are looking for stability to move away from a life which involves offending, have the appropriate supports and opportunities open to them to make the success of their endeavours more likely.

P.27 Provide ‘Experts by Experience’ (EbyE) employment opportunities: The IPS currently employs EbyE on a contract basis. The function of this role is to provide support to current prisoners via a) relevant learning and development podcasts for the prison TV channel, b) co-facilitating groups with the psychology service, c) input to planning and roll-out of the annual Irish Prison Service Mental Health Week and related events, d) supporting the implementation of mental health and addiction recovery programmes across the prison estate, and e) sitting on  various working groups and informing appropriate policy and procedures from an EbyE perspective.